Chapter 18
Tipping the Scales
"Why didn't you tell us?"
Megan was now sat awkwardly on her bed between Dean and Cas, the others leaving the room to let them talk, and Dean looked like he was about to blow a gasket. Luckily Megan had an endless supply of excuses.
"Well, because we all had too much on our plates okay? I thought adding this to the meal would be overstuffing us," Megan said, looking down at her hands.
"Okay, you went a little too far with that metaphor, but it doesn't matter. We will always have too much on our plates. If you told us we could've been fixing this," Dean said.
"But then we wouldn't have gotten any of the Tablets because you would all be too focused on fixing me!" Megan explained.
"This is my fault," Cas said, putting his voice into the argument. "I should've realized something was wrong and it would've been my job to help you as your protector."
"Great, now comes the part where people blame themselves for this blah, blah, fucking blah. It's no one's fault but Lucifer's," Megan said, running her hand through her hair.
"Is he here now?" Dean asked.
"He's watching Game of Thrones on my laptop," she said, gesturing over towards her desk, near where she threw the lamp which still remained smashed on the floor.
"Like I've said before, there's no HBO in the pit," Lucifer said as he sat perched on her desk.
"Dick," Dean said in Lucifer's generally direction. The Devil just stuck his tongue out at him.
"When did this all start happening?" Cas asked.
"Um, the night of when I got shot, when we got the Earth Tablet," Megan answered.
"Wait, wasn't that also when you lost the Horsemen's rings?" Dean questioned.
"Yeah, so?" Megan said.
"That could be how Lucifer is projecting himself to you. The rings were used as a shield, and apparently not just from Gabriel's Grace. It must've been a shield from the Devil as well. When you lost them he was able to torture you in your mind," Castiel pieced together.
"So, the rings kept me safe from seeing Lucifer?" Megan said.
"Ding ding, we have a winner!" Lucifer chimed in.
"It appears so," Cas said. "The only way to get rid of him is to get the rings."
"Which Rylie has," Megan said glumly.
"We need to find that son of a bitch. He's been a pain in our asses for too long," Dean said then put his hand on Megan's shoulder. "I'm sorry about all this. And not just the whole Lucifer thing. About everything."
Oh great, did he hear her whole yelling speech?
"You don't have to apologize, ass hat," Megan said.
"Hey guys." Megan turned around to see that her door was open, Sam's head peering in. "The Powers are here. They say it's important."
"They say everything's important," Megan said, half to herself.
The three went downstairs anyway though, Megan checking herself in the mirror before leaving her room to make sure that there was no trace on her face of her crying.
When they got downstairs everyone was waiting. Oro sent a mean looks towards her and she shot one right back. Man, she really hated that guy.
"We need to give the Tablets we have to our boss," Oro told them. "So we will be taking them from you." The Angel looked over at Megan and Dean expectantly. They were the holders of the Earth and Air Tablets.
"Who's your boss anyway?" Sam asked.
"That is not of importance," Oro said, extending his arm. "Now give us the Tablets and we'll be on our way."
Megan and Dean exchanged a look, both of them suspicious. "I'm pretty sure that is of importance. We've been tailing after these Tablet's for days now; we should know who we're giving them to," Dean said.
Oro frowned. "An Angel named Lang. He's our newly appointed administrator. He will keep the Tablets in his care until the threat is gone."
Megan looked over at Balthazar and Castiel. She wanted to make sure that this was a real Angel.
"Name sounds familiar," Balthazar said after reading her look. Castiel nodded though did not say anything.
"Fine then, take the stupid things," Dean said, fishing the Earth Tablet out of his pocket. Megan did the same.
Exarp walked over and took the Tablet's from them and then disappeared with Oro and Luna.
"So, now what?" Jinx asked. "Rylie still has the other two Tablets and the rings."
"They'll be back to ask for our help again. Might as well just wait until they do," Sam said, sitting down on the couch next to Jinx.
"I'm going upstairs," Megan said and disappeared before anyone could say anything.
When she appeared in her room she sighed in relief when she noticed that Lucifer was nowhere in sight. She let herself take a deep breath, letting her thoughts slow down for a few seconds. She could really use a vacation.
"You're upset." Megan turned around to see Exarp standing behind her. He looked concerned.
"How can you tell?" she asked.
"I used to consult the dead, remember?" The Angel walked over to her and took something out of his pocket. It was a small box wrapped in a red wrapping paper and topped with a silver bow. "Happy birthday."
That was right, today was August 12th and it was her sixteenth birthday. How could she have forgotten?
"Wow, thanks. You didn't have to get me anything," she said as she took the small present from him.
"Yes I did. You shouldn't be sad on your birthday." Exarp smiled, watching as she unwrapped her gift and take off the lid of the box.
Inside of the box was a beautiful crystal. As she lifted it out of the box the dawn light bounced off of it in streams, making it shine and dance across her room. It was attached to a silver chain so she could wear it.
"Holy crap, thanks. I love it," she said, putting it around her neck, the crystal still shinning.
"Thanks. It actually has a use as well. But you'll find that out a little later," Exarp said and then his face quickly turned serious. "There's something I have to tell you."
"What's that?" Megan asked.
"We're not working for an Angel named Lang. In fact, Lang died years ago. We're working for a Goddess," Exarp said in a hushed, quick voice.
"What? A Goddess?" Megan repeated.
"Yes, you may know her. Her name is Libra."
"Like, the Zodiac?" she asked.
"Exactly," he said.
"Okay, what's so bad about that?" Megan asked, starting to grow worried.
"We didn't tell you guys because we had heard you, or at least Sam and Dean, have had some trouble with Gods and Goddesses in the past and we really needed you to help us. But that's not the problem. I fear she may be up to something. The others don't see it but I do. I fear she may use the Tablets for something bad. You have to stop her." Exarp had Megan by the shoulders, leaning down so they were face to face. Megan could see the worry in his eyes.
"I will. I'll let the others know. Where is she?" Megan asked.
"Here." Exarp quickly scribbled something down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. "It's a giant castle, you can't miss it."
"How do we kill her?" Megan asked and went to put the piece of paper in her pocket when she realized that she was still in her pajamas. How embarrassing.
"You have to use all of the Tablets. Their combined power should be enough to stop her."
"But we don't have all the Tablets," Megan pointed out.
"Exactly. That's why I sent Rylie the address of her palace, telling him that you guys would be there. That way if you leave now Rylie and Libra will be there. You can get the Tablets from Rylie then you will have all of them and can stop her. Oro and Luna and I will be there as well," Exarp explained.
"Okay, I'll let everyone know and we'll leave as soon as we can," Megan said, now determined.
"Thank you," Exarp said and gave her a quick kiss before disappearing.
Megan stood there in the middle of her room, the thoughts all racing back to her now and jumbling up her mind. Rylie wasn't their only adversary. They had to kill an evil Goddess. Exarp just kissed her. And all that happened in five minutes.
Looks like the battle just started.
A/N: Okay so the next chapter will most likely be the last chapter of this story unless I decide to split it in two. But don't worry, I have plans for a sequel that will be very epic and should be a lot longer than this story! But anyways be ready for an epically awesome action packed last chapter guys!